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Kachchh, Rann |
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Kachchh, Rann ofor Rann of KutchLarge saline mudflats, west-central India and southern Pakistan. The northern portion, Great Rann, occupies an area of 7,000 sq mi (18,000 sq km) in Gujarat state, India. The eastern section, Little Rann, occupies 2,000 sq mi (5,100 sq km) of Gujarat. Originally an extension of the Arabian Sea, it has been closed off by centuries of silting. A 1965 dispute between India and Pakistan over the boundary line of Great Rann ended when an international tribunal awarded about 10% of the border area to Pakistan and the remainder to India. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Since 1947-48--with three brief digressions in the Rann of Kutch (two weeks), oil installations near Karachi (three days), and the rice fields of East Pakistan/Bangladesh (two weeks)--the Kashmir-centred conflicts have actually been quite limited in spatial terms. Armed standoffs and conflict with Pakistan have arisen in 1965, 1971, and have continued as a stalemate since 1997 with respect to disputed Kashmir, Indus River water sharing, and the Rann of Kutch terminus. India had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of China in 1962 and, emboldened by the Chinese success, Pakistan engaged India in the Rann of Kutch between April and June 1965 and had opened another front in Kashmir's Chamb sector by July 1. |
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